2011 Players Championship Finals (February)

The February 2011 Perform Players Championship Finals was the third edition of the Professional Darts Corporation tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which saw the top 32 players from the 2010 PDC Players Championship Order of Merit taking part. The tournament took place between 3–6 February 2011 and was held at the Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, England, which hosted the event for the first time, after two years at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet.[1]

For the event held in December, see 2011 Players Championship Finals (December).

2011 Perform Players Championship Finals
Tournament information
Dates3–6 February 2011
VenueDoncaster Dome
LocationDoncaster
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Final – best of 25
Prize fund£250,000
Winner's share£60,000
High checkout157 England Wes Newton
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2010 December 2011»

Defending champion Paul Nicholson failed to qualify for this tournament after finishing just outside the top 32 of the 2010 Players Championship Order of Merit.

Phil Taylor regained the title after narrowly defeating Gary Anderson 13–12 in the final.

Prize money

[2]

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £250,000)
Winner (1) £60,000
Runner-Up (1) £24,000
Semi-finalists (2) £15,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £10,000
Last 16  (second round) (8) £6,000
Last 32  (first round) (16) £3,000

Qualification

The top 32 players from the PDC Players Championship Order of Merit after the last Players Championship of 2010 qualified for the event.[3]

  1. Australia Simon Whitlock (second round)
  2. Scotland Gary Anderson (runner-up)
  3. England Colin Lloyd (quarter-finals)
  4. England Phil Taylor (champion)
  5. England Wes Newton (quarter-finals)
  6. England Mark Walsh (first round)
  7. England Jamie Caven (second round)
  8. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (first round)
  9. England Adrian Lewis (first round)
  10. England Ronnie Baxter (first round)
  11. England Denis Ovens (first round)
  12. Wales Mark Webster (second round)
  13. England James Wade (second round)
  14. England Andy Hamilton (first round)
  15. England Wayne Jones (first round)
  16. England Mervyn King (semi-finals)
  17. Netherlands Co Stompé (first round)
  18. England Kevin Painter (second round)
  19. England Dennis Priestley (second round)
  20. England Mark Dudbridge (first round)
  21. England Alan Tabern (first round)
  22. England Colin Osborne (second round)
  23. England Andy Smith (quarter-finals)
  24. England Steve Beaton (second round)
  25. England Terry Jenkins (quarter-finals)
  26. Wales Barrie Bates (first round)
  27. England Steve Farmer (semi-finals)
  28. Wales Richie Burnett (first round)
  29. England Steve Brown (first round)
  30. Netherlands Jelle Klaasen (first round)
  31. England Justin Pipe (first round)
  32. England Tony Eccles (first round)

Draw

[4]

First round (best of 11 legs)
3–4 February
[5][6] 		Second round (best of 15 legs)
5 February
[7] 		Quarter-finals (best of 17 legs)
6 February
[8] 		Semi-finals (best of 19 legs)
6 February
[9] 		Final (best of 25 legs)
6 February
[10]
               
1 Australia Simon Whitlock 99.74 6
32 England Tony Eccles 87.69 1
1 Australia Simon Whitlock 96.78 5
16 England Mervyn King 97.38 8
16 England Mervyn King 92.25 6
17 Netherlands Co Stompé 89.76 5
16 England Mervyn King 98.52 9
25 England Terry Jenkins 95.41 7
8 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 89.88 4
25 England Terry Jenkins 92.27 6
25 England Terry Jenkins 89.19 8
24 England Steve Beaton 87.64 6
9 England Adrian Lewis 93.84 4
24 England Steve Beaton 93.56 6
16 England Mervyn King 95.67 8
4 England Phil Taylor 98.79 10
5 England Wes Newton 103.14 6
28 Wales Richie Burnett 92.91 4
5 England Wes Newton 96.80 8
12 Wales Mark Webster 90.90 7
12 Wales Mark Webster 100.02 6
21 England Alan Tabern 90.70 3
5 England Wes Newton 97.34 3
4 England Phil Taylor 103.01 9
4 England Phil Taylor 95.87 6
29 England Steve Brown 91.26 2
4 England Phil Taylor 100.42 8
13 England James Wade 90.73 3
13 England James Wade 83.55 6
20 England Mark Dudbridge 84.31 4
4 England Phil Taylor 97.01 13
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 96.31 12
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 102.93 6
31 England Justin Pipe 98.66 4
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 100.29 8
18 England Kevin Painter 97.32 5
15 England Wayne Jones 90.54 5
18 England Kevin Painter 89.46 6
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 96.48 9
23 England Andy Smith 100.36 5
7 England Jamie Caven 95.78 6
26 Wales Barrie Bates 89.76 1
7 England Jamie Caven 86.98 4
23 England Andy Smith 89.57 8
10 England Ronnie Baxter 92.64 2
23 England Andy Smith 100.07 6
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 93.92 10
27 England Steve Farmer 87.14 7
6 England Mark Walsh 89.49 1
27 England Steve Farmer 94.55 6
27 England Steve Farmer 93.06 8
22 England Colin Osborne 89.03 6
11 England Denis Ovens 93.56 5
22 England Colin Osborne 90.63 6
27 England Steve Farmer 94.55 9
3 England Colin Lloyd 93.98 5
3 England Colin Lloyd 87.18 6
30 Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 88.55 4
3 England Colin Lloyd 95.56 8
19 England Dennis Priestley 86.40 3
14 England Andy Hamilton 93.05 5
19 England Dennis Priestley 91.50 6

Statistics

[11][12]

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average
England Phil Taylor Winner 5 46 28 19 105 58 12 135 99.02
Scotland Gary Anderson Final 5 45 34 17 95 58 20 142 97.99
England Steve Farmer Semi-finals 4 30 22 10 67 35 14 148 92.33
England Mervyn King Semi-finals 4 31 27 17 73 49 12 110 95.96
England Wes Newton Quarter-finals 3 17 20 3 45 24 13 157 99.09
England Andy Smith Quarter-finals 3 19 15 6 49 33 7 101 96.67
England Terry Jenkins Quarter-finals 3 21 19 9 52 33 8 †120 92.29
England Colin Lloyd Quarter-finals 3 19 16 5 47 27 3 155 92.24
England Jamie Caven Second round 2 10 9 4 24 4 3 122 91.38
England Steve Beaton Second round 2 12 12 3 26 13 8 108 90.60
Wales Mark Webster Second round 2 13 11 4 32 15 5 91 95.46
England Kevin Painter Second round 2 11 13 6 28 17 7 90 93.39
England Colin Osborne Second round 2 12 13 5 25 17 3 150 89.83
England Dennis Priestley Second round 2 9 13 4 24 16 4 150 88.95
Australia Simon Whitlock Second round 2 11 9 3 26 10 9 110 98.26
England James Wade Second round 2 9 12 2 27 13 2 107 87.14
England Justin Pipe First round 1 4 6 4 7 9 4 124 98.66
Wales Barrie Bates First round 1 1 6 0 7 4 1 96 89.76
Netherlands Co Stompé First round 1 5 6 2 14 8 1 121 89.76
England Mark Walsh First round 1 1 6 0 9 6 0 56 89.49
England Andy Hamilton First round 1 5 6 3 14 5 1 121 93.05
Wales Richie Burnett First round 1 4 6 1 12 7 1 100 92.91
England Ronnie Baxter First round 1 2 6 0 6 6 2 44 92.64
England Steve Brown First round 1 2 6 0 7 4 3 56 91.26
England Alan Tabern First round 1 3 6 2 19 3 1 116 90.70
England Adrian Lewis First round 1 4 6 1 7 6 4 96 93.84
England Denis Ovens First round 1 5 6 2 21 3 4 130 93.56
England Wayne Jones First round 1 5 6 4 23 8 2 68 90.54
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort First round 1 4 6 1 11 5 1 102 89.88
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen First round 1 4 6 0 10 7 1 154 88.55
England Tony Eccles First round 1 1 6 0 3 4 1 36 87.69
England Mark Dudbridge First round 1 4 6 0 11 4 2 109 84.31

† = Hit twice in Round 2 match against Steve Beaton.

Live coverage

The tournament was broadcast live worldwide through the PDC's official website.[13]

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